Universal business filing-card.



No- 813,928. PATENTBD FEB. 27, 1906. M. S. TELLBB' UNIVERSAL BUSINESS PILHIG CARD. unionism rum: saw. 1a. 1905.

W a 6mm UNIVERSAL BUSINESS FILING-CARD- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb; 27, 1906.

Application filed Seutemher 1B 1906. Serial No. 278,789-

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Be it known that l, Mrnox S. TELLER, a citizen of the United States. residinga t Kings ton, in the county of Ulster and State of New York. have invented new and useful improvements in Universal Business Filing- Uards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to cards con- The invention consists of a card characterizcd in its structure hy means that will cnahle it to he lit-ted in an instant without trouhle, to he filed in a standard index filing-casc equipped with a rod of standard form and slze for locking the cards in place, and so I make the card likely of the cmphiymcnt indicated and not of consignment to the wastehashct hecause of trouhle and time in making it ready for use. all as will he hereinafter more fully dcscrihcd and then pointed out with particularity in the suhjoined claim.

The drawings hereto annexed form a part of this specification andarc to he referred tons such, of which- Figure l is a plan view of my improved filing-card ready for printing, use, or sale. Fig. 3 is a similar View of the same ready to he placed in a card-index filing-case.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts or features in both views.

properly regarded as standard cases,

A indicates a hole or opening cut or other l wise formed at a proper point in the card for the reception of the locking-rod in a cardindex filing-case. if the rod in the. case in which it is designed to he filed is not of the standard gage, it will he altered to suit requirenicnts.

B B designate perforated lines in the card, extending from the hole A to the lower edge. While the character of the perforations forming the said lines is such as to permit of the ready removal or tearing out of the piece C when in the use of the card that need be done, they are still sufficiently strong and durable to maintain the piece C in place, so that it may keep the side tahs t t in good order and shape for the performance of their functions in the filing-boxes and not he doubled 0r hroken or creased over, and thus injure their Usefulness. When the card comes to hand. the recipient need only take hold of it with one hand and hy the thumb and finger of the other rarcfully tear or hreak out the piece C, when the card mar he at once secured on the rod of the card-index filing-case the same as other cards.

It may he that other means than the peri l'orations B B may be employed for sustainmg the piece in place or preserving the tabs i productions of manufactorics or of the l f intact before the card is wanted for filing; hut such changes would not affect the purposes or functions of the card, and hence would he regarded hy me as coming within the hounds of the nature and spirit of my involition.

I have not suggested the character of the printing that may he done on my card, since that may be greatly varied: hut it may he said that periodical or other reports of the reductions of the land, market-reports, 8018(1- ulesof prices, or other matter relating to comi-\s thus far indicated and as shown in the drawings, the card is designed to he used l1] i standard filings-uses: hut it will at once appea r ohvious that. it may he used in card-ini dcx cases or systems of other than What is i mci'ce or trade may he used in connection or not, with a business card--thi1t is, a ortion dcvotcd to advertising individual business or trade or a particular article or class of articles of connncroe or trade.

l clainr- A card for use in card-index filing-cases having a hole cut therein for the reception of serving intact the tabs at the sides of the said the locking and holding rod of the case, and lines. IO lines of perforations extending from the hole In testimony whereof I aflix my signature to the edge, to permit a piece or part to be in presence of two subscribing witnesses. readily torn or broken opt, permitting the MYRON S. TELLER.

rod to be placed in said hole, and before re- Witnesses:

moval to subserve the purpose of kee ing the CHARLES S. KEEFE,

said piece or part torn out in place t us pre- CHARLES W. WALTON. 

